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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






2. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






3. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






4. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






5. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






6. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






7. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






8. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






9. Known for his glass sculpture






10. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






11. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






12. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






13. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






14. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






15. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






16. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






17. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






18. Pale green






19. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






20. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






21. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






22. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






23. The amount of light reflected by a hue






24. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






25. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






26. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






27. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






28. Technique of shading using dots to control value






29. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






30. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






31. Application of potassium sulphide






32. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






33. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






34. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






35. Something that supports a sculpture






36. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






37. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






38. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






39. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






40. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






41. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






42. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






43. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






44. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






45. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






46. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






47. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






48. Renowned for paintings and prints






49. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






50. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video